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D.L. Hughley thinks Caitlyn Jenner "looks like every P.E. teacher I ever had," and says she wouldn't have been his choice to receive the ESPYs' Arthur Ashe Courage Award simply because she "put on a dress."
But he doesn't consider...

After winning the first three Grand Slam tennis events of the year, Serena Williams has withdrawn from this week's Swedish Open because of a right elbow injury.
"I was having some pain in my elbow, and I felt a little bit in my match," Williams...

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New York is now the next stop on the Serena Williams tour of tennis grandeur.
There is no question that she can make it there, at the U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, because in a tennis career that has...

Timed to coincide with the occasional racquet-throwing, name-calling, game-suspension antics of Wimbledon, HBO's new quick-and-dirty sports mockumentary, "7 Days in Hell," is as strange and splendid a bit of satire as you will ever find...

The hits just keep coming for Serena Williams, and on paper, Saturday’s Wimbledon final against Garbine Muguruza of Spain looks like another belaboring of the obvious.
Williams is No. 1 in the world. She has won 20 of these major titles, five of them...

Defending champion Novak Djokovic is back in the Wimbledon final for the fourth time in five years after subduing Richard Gasquet in straight sets.
He will face Roger Federer, who beat Andy Murray, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4, Friday in the semifinals to reach the...

Once again Thursday, Maria Sharapova was able to draw upon her vast experience in a familiar situation.
She could face the media, force a smile, and do her best to sugar-coat what she has been sugar-coating for the last 11 years.
Forgive her if she...

Garbine Muguruza took control early, lost the momentum and then held on at the end to beat Agnieszka Radwanska and reach her first Grand Slam final.
The 21-year-old Muguruza lost six games in a row in one stretch but regrouped to defeat Radwanska 6-2,...

One story line developed nicely Wednesday for the upcoming Wimbledon men’s semifinals. Another one fell apart.
A Roger Federer-Andy Murray matchup brings a tingle of excitement here, for various reasons, and that came to pass rather predictably....

Serena Williams won't talk about her current run toward the ultimate in tennis success, but her game continues to speak volumes.
When she out-battled the feisty and never-to-be-intimidated Victoria Azarenka in a women's quarterfinal match Tuesday on...

Serena Williams' latest Grand Slam match against Victoria Azarenka ended the same way as the previous nine — with Williams walking off as the winner.
The top-ranked Williams fought back from a set down Tuesday to beat Azarenka 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Centre...

When Venus and Serena Williams played on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Monday, the match fell way short of the buildup.
Which is just the way they like it.
Serena won in 1 hour 8 minutes. Before you could wash down your strawberries and cream with some...

Serena Williams beat her sister, Venus, in a Round of 16 match at Wimbledon on Monday.
That was it. Good, hard tennis. No soap operas. Very little emotion. Just more and better forehands and backhands and serves from the younger Williams than her older...

What should prove to be a fascinating second week of Wimbledon will begin, well before most on the West Coast of the U.S. arise for the day, with the biggest fascination.
That would be Venus versus Serena — the Williams sisters, far from their roots in...

Petra Kvitova is a tall left-hander from the Czech Republic, with flowing tennis strokes, who loves the grass at Wimbledon. She has won the women's title here twice, including last year.
Jelena Jankovic is a tall right-hander from Serbia by way of Rancho...

Actress and country music singer-songwriter Reba McEntire has quietly sold her estate in gated North Beverly Park in an off-market deal for $22.25 million, one of the priciest sales per square foot in the high-profile enclave in the 90210 ZIP Code.
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Houdini has nothing on Serena Williams.
The world's No. 1 player, the woman who has now won 24 consecutive major tournament tennis matches, who is trying to win a fourth straight major tournament and also the magical calendar year Grand Slam, made the...

Pushed to the absolute limit, Serena Williams once again found a way to win.
Down 3-0 and 5-4 in the third set, twice within two points of defeat, Williams dug deep and overcame Britain's Heather Watson 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 on Centre Court at Wimbledon on...

In the midst of tough tennis competition Wednesday, with stakes incredibly high, two moments of human sensitivity stood out on the third day of the Wimbledon fortnight.
Novak Djokovic, the top seed and defending champion, cruised past journeyman Jarkko...

Down a break at 3-1 in the first set, defending champion Novak Djokovic kept his cool on the hottest day in Wimbledon history.
Running off 13 points in a row, Djokovic seized command and stayed in front the rest of the way on Centre Court as he beat...